TRICKS AND TREATS AND HALLOWEEN FREAKS ON "THE SIMPSONS' TREEHOUSE OF HORROR XV" FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, ON FOX

THE SIMPSONS "Treehouse of Horror XV" special features three deliciously frightful mini-episodes. In "The Ned Zone," Ned Flanders gains the power of foretelling people's deaths after suffering a head injury, and is shocked to discover that he will be the one to kill Homer. In the second short, "In the Belly of the Boss," Maggie is shrunken inside a vitamin capsule in a freak science accident and is swallowed by Mr. Burns. The final Halloween scare, "Four Beheadings and a Funeral," is set in Victorian London, where Master Detective Eliza Simpson and her faithful sidekick, Dr. Bartley, attempt to catch The Muttonchop Murderer, a Jack the Ripper-esque serial killer on THE SIMPSONS' "Treehouse of Horror XV" special episode Friday, Dec. 10 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (SI-1523) (TV-PG L, V)

Voice Cast: Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson; Julie Kavner as Marge Simpson; Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson and Dr. Bartley; Yeardley Smith as Lisa Simpson and Eliza Simpson; Hank Azaria as Mo and Chief Wiggum and Harry Shearer as Mr. Burns and Smithers.

(EDITOR'S NOTE: TOTALLY OUTRAGEOUS BEHAVIOR, WORLD'S CRAZIEST VIDEOS and RENOVATE MY FAMILY are preempted this night.)